US embassy vehicle vandalised in city; police van torched in Brahmanbaria vandalised in Pabna; bus torched in Savar; highways blocked in different districts
Shibir
activists set fire to a tyre on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Mouchak bus
stand in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk
hartal
Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir activists
resorted to hit-and-run tactics during their countrywide daylong hartal
on Tuesday. Stray incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, chase and counter-chase and detention marked the hartal in the capital and elsewhere of the country.
Obstructed to hold rallies on Monday, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called the hartal in a desperate bid to fight the government on the street.
In the capital and its adjoining areas, the incidents took place at Khilkhet, Karwan Bazar, Khilgaon, Shewrapara, Mirpur, near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, Jatrabari and Savar areas, reports our correspondents covering the hartal.
So far, 69 pro-hartal activists were arrested across the country.
The pro-hartal activists also torched a police van in Brahmanbaria and set fire to a bus in Narayanganj.
They also vandalised vehicles in Chittagong, Sylhet, Feni, Dinajpur, Pabna and Chapainawabganj.
Besides, the incidents of clashes and chase and counter-chase were also reported from Sylhet, Narayanganj, Brahmanbaria, Pabna and Bogra.
The Jamaat-Shibir men also blocked highways in different districts including Narayanganj, Pabna and Chapainawabganj.
Pro-hartal activists brought out a sudden procession at Khilkhet area and vandalised several vehicles including one of the US embassy.
The marauding Jamaat-Shibir activists also attempted to set fire to the US embassy vehicle that happened to pass by the procession, said Abu Saleh, sub-inspector of Khilkhet Police Station.
The activists had fled the scene before the police reached the spot, he added.
Nearly eight to ten Jamaat-Shibir men suddenly took to the street at Karwan Bazaar in the capital and set fire to tyres around 6:35am. They also vandalised two buses and a CNG-run three-wheeler there.
The pro-hartal activists also damaged several buses near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the early morning.
In Shewrapara, a chase and counter-chase took place between the Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers around 6:15am.
The pro-hartal activists also vandalised two vehicles there around 8:00am.
Police in association with local Awami League leaders and activists chased pickets as they damaged a vehicle at Mirpur-10 roundabout around noon, said Abdul Latif Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station.
Pro-hartal activists also vandalised windshields of three buses at Khilgaon.
Meanwhile, police detained two persons from Shantinagar area, said Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Paltan Police Station.
Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station, told The Daily Star that the Jamaat-Shibir activists brought out several rallies through different alleys in the area.
The pro-hartal activists also set fire to several tyres in the area around 6:30am, he said.
But as police chased them, they fled away, the OC added.
Meanwhile, witnesses said the Jamaat-Shibir men hurled brick chips on several vehicles which were plying on Mirpur Road during the early hartal hours.
Locals also heard the sound of cocktail blast in Kalyanpur area in the capital.
Locals caught six people when they were picketing at Sabujbagh area near Khilgaon Flyover in the afternoon and handed them over to police.
The mob also beat up Mostafizur and Md Shohaid mercilessly.
The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 1:30pm.
The pro-hartal activists also vandalised a number of buses in Kalapatti and Kazla areas of Jatrabari around 6:15am and 10:30am. A bus conductor, Anwar Hossain, sustained injuries during the vandalism.
Four to five pro-hartal activists suddenly appeared before Jatrabari crossing and vandalised a bus and a CNG-run three-wheeler there around 8:00am.
Hartal supporters also vandalised at least five vehicles and set fire to several tyres on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the Jatrabari's Kutubkhali area around 7:00am and left the place immediately before police rushed there.
The city buses were however seen plying on the streets in thin numbers.
The presence of law enforcing agencies is also mentionable in this hartal.
Huge contingent of law enforcers were seen patrolling at all the key points and intersections in the capital to maintain law and order situation, reports our correspondents.
The shutdown however did not affect movement of trains and launches, and domestic and international flights.
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